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Real Faith in a Small Town

For the second time we followed the call to gather.  This year the gathering looked like 87 women, from high school to retirement, from 18 different churches within a 5 county area of southeast Kansas. We are still processing what a miracle these stats reveal. The call to belief in God and living that faith out… Continue reading Real Faith in a Small Town

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IF God is Real, Then Its Time to Live Like It

  It might just me be, but it seems that a foot works better when attached to a leg. It doesn’t mean they are shaped the same or have the same function. Just the same purpose, which is to work together for the good of the person to whom they belong. I grew up in an era… Continue reading IF God is Real, Then Its Time to Live Like It

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Foolishness // Art and Gift

“We have become jaded, incapable of wonder and awe. This lessening of impressionability may be a sign of maturity, a necessary and healthy consequence of progress. But I tend to think it betrays a loss of equilibrium. A truly balanced person retains a capacity for wonder and the willingness to express it in the very… Continue reading Foolishness // Art and Gift

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Easter Every Day

I read so many words over the past week. Different thoughts and perspectives on the Holy Week.  Deep and awesome things poured out on digital paper, compelling and truth filled, giving me something to chew on each day leading up to Sunday.  It was a week to share in the suffering and pain of Christ. Rightly… Continue reading Easter Every Day

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Let’s Just Hang Out

It’s a hot west Texas July morning. The kind of day when the cicadas start their racket about the time the sun comes up. It’s a good day though because everything that has to be done revolves around one important activity: hanging out at the community pool with anywhere from 3 to 7 girlfriends and… Continue reading Let’s Just Hang Out